An Alternative Ending To Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Little Prince

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The Little Prince

There once was a kingdom, it was a very chaotic place but it was a place many called home. A king and queen had ruled there for a very long time and the Queen even went on to have a child. But tragedy befell the kingdom not long after the birth.
During the wondrous masquerade ball thrown in order to celebrate the dear healthy baby boy's birth the king started feeling ill. Not wanting to tell anyone the king smiled and said he needed to take a break. He sat on his thrown overlooking the joyous event tapping his feet to the music. He took a bit of notice to the figure of a thin tall woman towards the back but thought nothing of it.
Suddenly the king felt like his throat was closing in on him, he started coughing blood coming
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The queen sobbed in misery; while, the soldiers ushered everyone out. The Queen didn't notice the eerie silence until everyone had gone. She quickly ran over to her newborn baby's cradle but all that was there was empty space where her son had been. A scream came from her mouth and her soldiers came running. She quickly ordered them to try and find the baby, but it was in vain.
The night that was supposed to be filled with loving and ecstatic energy ended up being the night that she lost the two men she loved most.
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The little prince that had been taken by a woman named Crudelis* who then raised him. The little prince of course believed this woman that tortured him was his mother. He served Crudelis hand and foot, he knew better than to mess up.
The first time she punished him was when he was nine, she locked him in the cluttered closet for two days. No food or light reached him in there.
Little prince was now sixteen, he still walked into the town and got the chores he needed done, and then of course there was Memphis.
Little prince was in love from the day he saw her. Memphis talked to him but he never talked back too scared she would reject him because of his

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